1
as in shirker
one who deliberately avoids work or duty
there will be no slackers tolerated in this group—anyone who doesn't do their share will get booted out
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2
as in bum
an idle worthless person
views the under-30 generation as a bunch of slackers
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Still, Brockman’s no slacker and presents properly when ordered on a mission escorting annoying, wise-cracking civilian defense contractor Josh Weaver (Desmin Borges) on the maintenance of surveillance installations close to the North Korean border.
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Two slackers are short on rent in ‘One of Them Days,’ — now playing in theaters — an L.A. comedy with extra moxie.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba is very serious, without Idina Menzel’s deadpan humor, and Bailey’s Fiyero is played like a straight-ahead charmer, not a slyly fun slacker, and Michelle Yeoh’s Madame Morrible is grounded instead of grand.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Two slackers are short on rent in ‘One of Them Days,’ — now playing in theaters — an L.A. comedy with extra moxie.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba is very serious, without Idina Menzel’s deadpan humor, and Bailey’s Fiyero is played like a straight-ahead charmer, not a slyly fun slacker, and Michelle Yeoh’s Madame Morrible is grounded instead of grand.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Slacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slacker. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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